www.hkcfp.org.hk INSIDE THIS ISSUE 01 Message from the President 09 News Corner: Food Allergy Prevention in Issue 173 Infants 02 College News: July 2018 02 Young Doctors Committee News 10 Young Doctors Column: How Patient Affects Physicians 03 Public Education Committee News “閒”上獅子山 04 HKCFP Photography Club 12 After Hours: 05 Board of Vocational Training and 13 Learning Points from Board of Education: Standards News; Specialty Board Interest Group in Mental Health & FP th News; Classified Advertisements Psychiatry in Primary Care – The 58 Meeting on 2 June 2018; Interest Group in 06 Board of Conjoint Examination News Medical Humanities – The 5th Meeting on 9 THE HONG KONG 07 Meeting Highlights; Membership June 2018 Committee News COLLEGE OF 17 Board of Education News FAMILY PHYSICIANS 08 HKCFP Trainees Research Fund 2018 / Links HKCFP Research Seed Fund 2018 20 College Calendar Message from the President The most hectic weekend of the College is 87.1 years and female is 93.1 years and it is not difficult calendar has just passed. The 8th Hong for us to become centenarian! Despite all the success we Kong Primary Care Conference (HKPCC) have achieved, Prof Chan reiterates we are facing some real happened on 23th and 24th June 2018. challenges: a rapidly ageing population with heavy burden from This was immediately followed by our 31st chronic illnesses; emergence of new communicable diseases; Fellowship Conferment Ceremony and mounting medical costs due to advance in medical technology; the 29th Dr. Sun Yat Sen Oration. increasing public expectations and health expenditure growing at a rate faster than economic growth. Our healthcare system’s The HKPCC was again a great success sustainability is at risk as citizens continue to regard Accident with over 500 attendees. HKPCC has & Emergency Departments as first contact point for healthcare become a traditional annual event which services. That is why one of the most important healthcare brings together Family Physicians, nurses and other allied reform directions is enhancement of primary care. Primary professionals to share our experience and exchange ideas. The care is the first level of care at community level and positions to Organising Committee has chosen “Family Physicians - Nexus provide on-going care to individuals and families. Government of the New Era of Primary Care” as the theme. Nexus is the needs to move more resources to community setting and re- connecting and coordinating ability of the Family Doctors. We focus effort on prevention and on-going management of chronic are privileged to have five-star speakers including Dr. Constance conditions. The need for a comprehensive and coordinated Chan, Director of Health, Hong Kong SAR; Prof. Richard Hobbs, primary healthcare in the community is loud and clear. Policy Professor of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford; address 2017 has two major initiatives. Firstly, to set up a and Prof. Samuel Wong, Professor and Head, Division of Family steering committee on primary healthcare development and Medicine and Primary Healthcare, The Chinese University of secondly to set up the first District Health Centre (DHC) in Hong Kong, to deliver the three main plenary lectures. Kwai Tsing District. The planned DHC will make use of local Dr. Constance Chan’s talk is on “Partnership with Primary Care network to procure services from organisations and healthcare in Action against Non-communicable Diseases”. The unhealthy personnel such as nursing, physiotherapy, occupational therapy lifestyles of Hong Kong people filled with 50% adults that are and counselling service. Interestingly Prof. Chan’s last slide overweight or obese, 86% with excessive salt intake, 94% with on DHC has added “Family Doctor” in the middle and satellited inadequate intake of fruit and vegetables, 93% with inadequate with multi-disciplinary healthcare team, systemic community levels of physical activity, 61% with alcohol intake within the past care, medical social collaboration, technology and patient year and 10% with daily cigarette smoking! She has laid down empowerment. I hope she is a woman of her word. the objectives to create the right environment, increase the health literacy, strengthen health systems and to set up targets Dr. Angus MW CHAN to monitor progress. The five key priority action areas fit the President acronym HeALTH: Healthy Start, Alcohol Free, Live Well and Be Active, Tobacco Free and Healthy Diet. Dr. Chan has highlighted we Family Physicians are best at opportunistic screening of chronic diseases and their management. We can modify the behavioural risk factors on non-communicable diseases, motivate patients to adopt healthy lifestyles to mitigate health risks and optimise the management in primary care setting. She is spot-on! This year the Dr. Sun Yat Sen Orator is Prof. Sophia Chan, Secretary for Food and Health, Hong Kong SAR. I am proud another member of the Chan's Family is on the spotlight. The title of her oration is “Time to change: Recommitting primary healthcare”. Hong Kong runs on a twin-track healthcare system by both public and private services. Hong Kong has the lowest infant mortality rate and the highest life expectancy Dr. Angus Chan (right) presenting Dr. Sun Yat Sen Oration Certificate in the world. By 2066, the projected life expectancy of male to Prof. Sophia Chan (left) 1 COLLEGE NEWS Young Doctors Committee (YDC) News HKCFP 1st Family Medicine Career Talk Dr. Tse Sut Yee Vice-Chairman, Young Doctors Committee Coordinator, HKCFP Career Talk Our College’s 1st career talk for potential family medicine trainees was held in the evening of 12 th June, 2018 at Queen Elizabeth Hospital. It was raining heavily but the bad weather did not deter the Group photo with the participants enthusiasm of the participants. All Dr. Angus Chan delivering together there were 51 participants. the welcoming speech Among them, 46 were pre-interns and 5 were interns. YDC members: Dr. Tse Sut Yee, Dr. Christina Cheuk, Dr. Thomas Dao, Dr. Lawson Tang, Dr. Peter Lee, Dr. Will Leung, Dr. Leon Ngai and Dr. Aldo Wong helped to conduct this event. Our College President, Dr. Angus Chan, started the event by delivering a warm welcoming speech. It was followed by Dr. Small group discussion led by Small group discussion led by Lawson Tang and Dr. Christina Cheuk who introduced the basic Dr. Loretta Chan, Dr. Tse Sut Yee Dr. Alvin Chan, Dr. Will Leung and higher training pathways of family medicine respectively. Dr. and Dr. Aldo Wong and Dr. Peter Lee Thomas Dao shared with the development of family medicine with the participants. Then came the highlight of the event. Dr. Stephen Foo shared with us the history of establishing our College, his vision on future development of family medicine, and his invaluable experience which he has accumulated over the years. Dr. Alvin Chan, having clinical experience in both public and private sectors as well as administrative experience in Hospital Authority, shared with us difficulties and success, and challenges and opportunities in family medicine. He ended his presentation with three clinical cases showing how a family Small group discussion led by Small group discussion led by Dr. Alvin Chan, Dr. Christina Cheuk Dr. Loretta Chan, Dr. Thomas Dao doctor could make a difference in holistic patient care. and Dr. Lawson Tang and Dr. Leon Ngai In the break after the presentations, many participants took the chance to chat with our speakers and the YDC members while enjoying the refreshment. Then we had small group discussions in which the participants were divided into 4 groups each led by 2 YDC members. Dr. Loretta Chan and Dr. Alvin Chan also joined our small group discussion and Dr. Will Leung and Dr. Tse Sut Dr. Lawson Tang presenting FM continued to inspire the potential family medicine trainees. The Yee introducing the speakers Basic Training participants were enthusiastic in the training and career of family medicine. There were many constructive questions and fruitful discussion among the participants and group leaders. The discussion ended happily at around 9pm. At the end of the event, 39 participants immediately joined our College’s student membership. 10 of them further registered for the Hong Kong Primary Care Conference (HKPCC) 2018. To Dr. Christina Cheuk presenting Dr. Thomas Dao presenting FM who their appreciation, the Organizing Committee of HKPCC FM Higher Training Development offered them complimentary registration. This was the first ever career talk for our College. The response was promising. The structuralized training and diversity of future career pathway of family medicine were successfully conveyed to the potential family medicine trainees. It marked a good start to promoting family medicine to our future generation. We look forward to future career Sharing by Dr. Stephen Foo Sharing by Dr. Alvin Chan talks and family medicine promotion in the years to come. 2 COLLEGE NEWS Public Education Committee News My Family Doctor 3: New Series of TV Programme from RTHK Dr. Ngan Po Lun Chairman, Public Education Committee The new series of ‘My Family Doctor 3’ 「我的家庭醫 Episode 1: Ms. Queenie Chu 生3」had been broadcasted from May to June 2018. The 5 episodes of half-hour TV programmes, featuring 5 different stories and 5 different family doctors performed by 5 different artists, demonstrated how we family doctors serve our patients and their families in our community. The 5 episodes are: - 再一次求婚：with Ms. Queenie Chu as the family doctor 相逢在黑夜的海上：with Ms. Kate Yeung as - Episode 2: Ms. Kate Yeung the family doctor - 等價交換：with Mr. Gregory Wong Chung Yiu as the family doctor - 可以說的秘密：with Mr. Timothy Wong Yik as the family doctor - 零雞蛋：with Ms. Isabel Chan Yat Ling as the family doctor All the five episodes are very worth watching, and sharing with your patients and friends. You may search the internet, Youtube, or go to RTHK.HK website to Episode 3: Mr.